Beschreibung:
Written for people working at the intersection of community college education and social justice, including student affairs professionals and other administrators, this book presents a set of strategies to improve the academic success of students from historically underserved communities.
1: A Good Kind of Subversion; 2: Community Colleges and Upward Mobility; 3: How Big Are the Gaps?; 4: Adding Academic Capital to Students' Lives; 5: Funding Higher Education Equitably; 6: Establishing Best Practices; 7: Creating Intuitive and Supportive Transitions; 8: Placing Historically Underserved Students in Selective Universities; 9: Developing Leaders Who Can Effect Institutional Change; 10: Implementing the Work of Social Justice in Our Colleges; 11: Social Justice Reform in the Community College Ecosystem; 12: Caution and Courage